Rossmoor Art Association

Beginning Watercolor with Kathleen Stumpfel__ Tuesdays__ October 29 to December 10__ 9:00 am to 11:30 am__ Studio 2
2024-12-03 09:00 - 11:30, 2024-12-10 09:00 - 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Gateway Art Studio 1, 1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA, CA, 94595, United States
Do you want to paint in watercolor?

This class will show beginners the techniques to use with paint and water. The goal is to have fun with the creative process, especially for those who have never painted in watercolor. We will have step-by-step projects with demonstrations and time to paint a variety of subject matter including florals, still lifes, and landscapes. Most importantly, this class will give you a start in the creative process needed for your art. This seven-week session will meet on Tuesday mornings in Studio 2 from October 29 to December 10 for $100. For Non-Rossmoor Residents the class fee is $120.
Priority will be given to Rossmoor Residents. Suggested materials will be discussed so bring anything you already have.
October 29 to December 10, 2024
9 am- 11:30, Studio 2
Tuesday
Maximum spaces – 10
Price for members – $100
Price for non-members – $120

Creative Painting with Afsaneh Michaels_ November 5 to December 17 _ Tuesdays 9:30-12:30 _
2024-12-03 09:30 - 12:30, 2024-12-10 09:30 - 12:30, 2024-12-17 09:30 - 12:30 | Gateway Art Studio 1, 1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA, CA, 94595, United States
Creative Painting- The natural world and beyond
with Afsaneh Michaels
November 5 – December 17 , 2024 (seven weeks)
Tuesday 9:30-12:30 pm Studio 1

In this seven-week course you learn or continue to paint nature separately or within the context of a still life. You will learn how to compose paintings with elements of your choice rather than a given image or paint an already composed image. You might work from sketches, photographs or still life to bring your ideas together. Emphasis is placed on working with your own ideas by understanding your style, use of color and applying your skills to paint authentic paintings that express your own aesthetic.
You will learn about form, line weight, shading, composition and the overall handling of the picture space and make lively, interesting and beautiful paintings. A variety of color mediums including acrylics, oils, or water soluble oil colors can be used on paper as well as on canvas or board.
Watercolorists: Please join if you already know your medium. Beginner watercolorists are encouraged to learn the craft first and join my class as intermediate or advanced students. Those who have started this class with me with watercolor may continue.
Come with your existing setup with colors, brushes, pencils, and other tools plus your sketchbook or canvas. The first class will include a discussion of materials and supports (canvas, paper or boards). For questions please email the instructor.
Instructor: Afsaneh Michaels, AfsanehAm@gmail.com
November 5 – December 17, 2024
Tuesdays: 9:30-12:30
Cost: $205.00 residents, non-residents $225.00
Place: Studio 1
Number of Students: 15
Materials: Your medium of choice and setup plus your sketchbook and a canvas or a support of your choice. For more information email the instructor

Nature Drawing with Afsaneh Michaels _ Oct 30- Dec 11 , 2024_ Wednesdays _ 9:00-12:00 _ Studio 1
2024-12-04 09:00 - 12:00, 2024-12-11 09:00 - 12:00 | Gateway Art Studio 1, 1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA, CA, 94595, United States
Nature Drawing with Afsaneh Michaels

October 30- December 11 , 2024 (seven weeks)
Wednesdays 9:00-12:00
Studio 1
Nature drawing has a way of bringing your body and soul in sync with
nature and helps you stay in the calm and quiet of the moment.
Drawing helps you concentrate your mind and helps you see the world
in a new way. Drawing is the kind of art practice that you can bring
into your home, on vacation, outdoors with friends, anywhere you wish
with just a small sketchbook and some pencils.
In this class we learn the fundamentals of visual thinking and drawing
in a detailed and methodical way over several weeks with a lot practice
and attention from the instructor. You will learn about form, shading,
line weight, and composition and make lively, interesting and beautiful
drawings. A wide range of materials and mediums are introduced
slowly in the class with demos.
In my classes we work together in a cohesive environment where you
get to see and appreciate a variety of art and inspire each other. You
draw as beginners, intermediate students, and more experienced
students all in one class, each group working on material appropriate
to their group, overlaps are encouraged among the various levels.
Beginners learn the basics of form, line and value/shading and learn
to draw branches, leaves, small flowers, fruits or vegetable, and an
animal, bird or insect. At the end of class you’ll have at least one
drawing with three or four components and probably more.
Intermediate students draw more complex scenery or a still life with
natural elements in it, learn to use color (optional) with colored pencils,
pastels, or watercolor. This group produces several drawings, some in
color and some in graphite or charcoal pencil.

Place: studio 1
Number of students: 17
Materials: Sketchbook: 93-120 Ibs. weight of your choice. Pencils: 6B, 5B, 4B, 3B, 2B, B, F, H, 4H, 6H. Set of charcoal pencils. Pink/white eraser. kneaded rubber eraser. Pencil sharpener. Gray scale. Blending stumps. Small ruler,
Set of colored pencils if you choose color (Prismacolor is ideal but other brands work too).

Figure Lab with Posed Model_ Monitor only, No Teacher _ Wednesdays _ 1 pm - 4 pm _ October 2- December 4 _ Studio 2
2024-12-04 13:00 - 16:00 | Gateway Art Studio 1, 1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA, CA, 94595, United States
Figure Lab with Posed Model, all media
The Multi-Media Figure Lab is an uninstructed workshop with a costumed model for Portrait or Figure work, every Wednesday 1-4 pm. Students work independently from the model, with an optional group discussion about the work at the end of each session. Models are hired and the workshop charge covers the model fee. A monitor will set up the lighting and pose each session. Sessions feature one long pose, with possible twenty minutes of gestures to start each session. All media – watercolor, acrylic, charcoal, pastels, and oil paint – are welcome. No volatile thinners, please. The workshop takes place in Studio Two.

The Figure Lab Workshop discount fee is $100 for 4 sessions ($120. for Guests). If you use up your 4 classes and time allows in the session, you may purchase another four from the Monitor. Also available: Drop-in fee is $25., write your check to RAA and give to the class monitor.

Movie “Queen of Hearts: Audrey Flack” Peacock
2024-12-04 13:00 - 15:00
The Rossmoor Art Association (RAA) will show the film, “Queen of Hearts: Audrey Flack” on Wednesday, Dec. 4 at 1 p.m. in the Peacock Hall Theater.

Audrey Lenora Flack (May 30, 1931 – June 28, 2024) was an American visual artist. Her work pioneered the art genre of photorealism and encompasses painting, printmaking, sculpture, and photography. Her work evolved from abstract expressionism in the 1950’s to photo realism in the 1970’s.

Flack’s work is displayed in several major museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Flack’s photorealistic paintings were the first such paintings to be purchased for the Museum of Modern Art’s permanent collection, and her legacy as a photorealist lives on to influence many American and International artists today. J. B. Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky, organized a retrospective of her work, and Flack’s pioneering efforts into the world of photorealism popularized the genre to the extent that it remains today.

Acrylic Painting with Marcy Wheeler_this winter_ All Levels_ Nov 14- Dec 19_Thursdays 2:30- 5:00 pm_ Studio 2
2024-12-05 14:30 - 17:00, 2024-12-12 14:30 - 17:00, 2024-12-19 14:30 - 17:00 | Gateway Art Studio 1, 1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA, CA, 94595, United States
Acrylic paints are amazing! Learn about the mediums that are essential to a rich and deep acrylic painting.
You may be a beginner, intermediate or advanced artist. The class is on Thursdays 2:30-5 pm.
Enroll in this class and if you like it, stay in the class. Group discussion is helpful, and your fellow painters grow to understand your process.
5 Classes_ Members $100_Non- members $120
You may make up a missed class in my other class during the current class session.
Wheeler’s style is warm and friendly. She focuses on individual instruction, group discussion and occasional class demonstrations. Students learn the quick and creative qualities of acrylic paints and mediums and how to turn acrylic paints into a flexible and luscious way to paint.
Wheeler encourages students to try new tools, explore new ways of working and move toward their own style. She gives the encouragement needed to stay with a painting until it exceeds the class members highest expectations. And she helps some students learn how to stop when it is finished!

Beginning with Color and Acrylics with Marcy Wheeler_ Winter Session_ Fridays _ November15- December 20 _9:30 to 12:00_ Studio 2
2024-12-06 09:30 - 12:00, 2024-12-13 09:30 - 12:00, 2024-12-20 09:30 - 12:00 | Gateway Art Studio 1, 1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA, CA, 94595, United States
Beginning with Color and Acrylics with Marcy Wheeler Winter Session

Fridays 9:30-Noon. Studio 2
November 15- December 20 No Class Thanksgiving week
5 classes $100 Members__ $120 Non-members
Acrylic paints are amazing! Learn about the paint and mediums that are essential to a rich and deep acrylic painting.
Acrylics are wonderful and flexible. It washes up with water, but when it dries, it is a water proof polymer, so wear “painting clothes”.
Beginners: This five-week session of Marcy Wheeler’s Friday Morning Class is focused on showing beginners how to mix colors and play with acrylic paints. The beginners will work in the heart of the class together and will be greeted with fun projects to teach them the ins and outs of color and acrylic paints. Beginner’s Material Fee is $50. Paid by check or cash to Marcy Wheeler on 1st class meeting. You get to keep the high quality paints (5 tubes) and several new and used brushes. Bring some canvas or heavy paper to paint on, and a palette. Let Marcy know you are wanting to purchase her beginning paint package by emailing her at Marcy@marcywheeler.com.
Ongoing Students, advanced beginners , intermediate advanced, continue on their road as “not quite” beginners, intermediate, and advanced painters, and will be cheering beginners on! Learning continues with individual guidance from Marcy, as usual. We often share our work at the end of the class and learn more about our own work from the other class members. If you are an ongoing student, you are in charge of your own material purchases.
Any Student may make up a missed class in Marcy’s Thursday afternoon class (2:30- 5) in Studio 2. This should be done during the weeks of the class dates.

Landscapes from Photographs with Carol Tarzier _ Fridays _ Oct 4th _ Dec 20th _ 12:30- 4:30 _Studio 1
2024-12-06 12:30 - 16:30, 2024-12-13 12:30 - 16:30, 2024-12-20 12:30 - 16:30 | Gateway Art Studio 1, 1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA, CA, 94595, United States
Landscape from Photographs” is about using photographs to create fresh and lively landscapes with the energy and color of Plein Air work. The series covers color mixing and creating color tones with a limited palette of three primary colors. The class begins with materials and equipment that make painting fun, and with designing the value structure in monochrome. It moves to color mixing using atmospheric perspective – creating depth using soft edges, muted tones, and soft grays. Students will use saturation to create space, with bright colors in the foreground. The class discusses colors for specific effects, for example color changes in the sky as it moves toward the horizon, how to make a flat plane recede into the distance, and which colors create a dynamic foreground. Time permitting, the class will cover transparency: how to make water look transparent, how to paint waves, and painting reflections.
Students bring their landscape photos to each class, on a tablet or printed photos. Oil and acrylic painters of all levels welcome. Class demonstrations are in oil. Acrylic instruction is individual. Oil painters please use odorless thinner only.
Carol Tarzier has taught painting for many years at the Academy of Art University. Her paintings have been represented in national shows and museums, including the Salon International at the Greenhouse Gallery, the Haggin Museum, Oil Painters of America Western Regional Exhibition and at the California Art Club’s Gold Medal Show.

The class is limited to 20 students, and pre-enrollment is required. Tuition for the ten 4-hour sessions is $200. for members, 220. for guests For questions and enrollment, email Carol Tarzier at tarzier@tarzier.com. View examples of Tarzier’s work at www.tarzier.com or
https://www.facebook.com/CarolTarzierFineArt
Supplies are suggested. If you cannot get supplies for the first class, bring in the closest match you have. If you want to use alternate supplies, it’s OK.
Brush cleaner in Silicoil brush washing container.
Gamsol odorless thinner in small container for medium
Isopropyl alcohol for cleaning
Medium – M. Graham walnut alkyd medium or M. Graham Walnut Oil
Oil paint colors. I use M. Graham paint which is made with walnut oil thus less toxic, and is excellent and inexpensive. M. Graham is available at Blick or Amazon. Here is a suggested palette. I suggest a warm and a cool of each primary.
Cool red – Alizarin crimson or Cad Red Deep or Anthraquinone Red
Warm red – Cadmium Red Light or Cad Red Medium or Azo Coral
Cadmium orange or Scarlet Pyrrol
Cool yellow – Cadmium yellow light
Warm or medium yellow – Cadmium Yellow Medium
Cool (or leaning toward violet) blue – Ultramarine blue
Warm or medium blue (leaning toward green)- Cerulean blue or Thalo Blue Red Shade, orAnthraquinone Blue (Indanthrene Blue)
Titanium white
Canvases or canvas-coated panels. Both cotton and linen canvas are fine. For Plein Air, I suggest working smaller (miniature canvases 4” square on up to 12×16)
Linen – Internet suppliers – Source-Tek or Raymar or Centurion panels, any size from 6”x6” to 11”x14’
Canvases – cotton canvases from Michael’s or Blick are fine.
Brushes – I order from Rosemary & Co, UK,
Rosemary & Co has a large assortment, this is a suggested list.
Ivory series Long Flats #4, 8, 14, Daggers 3/8”, ½”, and ivory fans
Or Shiraz series long flats #4, 8, 12, daggers 3/8”, ½”, two shiraz fans
If you are buying local – two long flats one smaller one at least 1” wide, and a couple of filberts. Watercolor brushes work well for oil painting.
Rosemary Impasto brushes
Paper or glass or plastic palette.
Your plein air easel or Pochade box easel if you prefer your own. The studio has table easels.
Color wheel
Hand mirror
Sketch pad – any size from 5” by 7” on up
Charcoal pencil or Tombow monochrome (grays) pen set
Roll of paper towels, soft (Viva or blue auto paper towels from Costco)
Viewfinder – I use The Color Wheel Company 7002 View Catcher from Amazon.
Reading List

Daily Painting, Carol Marine

Landscapes from Photographs Oct 4th Fridays through December 20th
$200
Classes skips the week of October 21st – 27th
Landscapes from Photographs skips Thanksgiving week.

Painting (anything) with sketches, photos, concepts…. _Afsaneh Michaels _ Jan 7 - Feb 18 _ Tues 9:30 am-12:30 pm _ Studio 1
2025-01-07 09:30 - 12:30, 2025-01-14 09:30 - 12:30 | Gateway Art Studio 1, 1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA, CA, 94595, United States
Painting (anything) with sketches, photos, concepts….
Beginner to advanced
January 7 – February 18, 2025
Tuesday 9:30-12:30 pm
This painting course starts you with detailed introduction of materials from brushes to colors and helps you understand the painting process from beginning to end. You’ll learn about preparing the painting surface, composition, sketching your subject, color theory and the use of color, paint-handling, how brushes work as well as the basics: form, line weight, volume and shading with paint. You will have at least one or two completed paintings at the end of the class.
Intermediate and advanced artists may paint two or three paintings and use more advanced techniques.
A variety of color mediums including acrylics, oils, or water-soluble oil colors can be used. Watercolorists: Please join if you already know how to use your medium.
Come with your existing setup with colors, brushes, pencils, and other tools plus your
sketchbook and canvas. The first class will include a discussion of materials and supports (canvas, paper or boards). For questions please email the instructor.

Instructor: Afsaneh Michaels, AfsanehAm@gmail.com
415. 533. 0491
January 7 – February 18, 2025
Tuesday 9:30-12:30 pm
Cost: $205.00 residents, non-residents $225.00
Place: Studio 1
Number of Students: 10
Materials: Your medium of choice and your setup plus your sketchbook and a canvas or a support of your choice. For more information about colors and brush and other painting materials please email the instructor

Acrylics and Oils - Painting Momentum with Anna George _Tuesdays _ 1-4pm _ Jan 7 through Feb 25 _ Studio 1
2025-01-07 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-01-14 13:00 - 16:00 | Gateway Art Studio 1, 1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA, CA, 94595, United States
Acrylics and Oils – Painting Momentum w/Anna George
Tuesdays 1-4
Studio 1
Jan 7 through Feb 25
8 weeks
Studio 1
$165
Ever dreamed of capturing the world in vibrant oils or acrylics? Whether you’re just starting out or ready to take your painting to the next level, this mixed-level class welcomes both beginners and intermediate painters to explore these versatile mediums. I believe that painting should bring joy first and foremost.
“Paint what you love,” I’ve said many times as I help each student find direction and develop style. I will guide you through techniques you need, from basic color mixing, atmospheric perspective, and composition to more advanced ones like glazing and impasto. My step-by-step approach using demonstrations ensures that beginners feel confident while intermediate painters can push their boundaries and develop their unique style. Frequently I hear requests for help in painting more loosely, so I present ways to do move in that direction.
The real magic happens when our diverse group of painters comes together. You’ll find yourself part of a warm, supportive community where friendships open up alongside artistic skills. Students have said “the three hours fly.” Often they share tips, celebrate each other’s progress, and “enjoy Anna’s entertaining stories.” A number of painters have been coming back for years –not just for the instruction, but for the exceptional camaraderie, and they share that warmly with new class members.
I’ve offered classes for thirteen years at Rossmoor, and I exhibit nearby; abstract and representational work includes paintings, monoprints, collage, and silk. See annageorgeartist.com and annageorgeonline.com.
Join us in Studio 1. All skill levels are welcome. A basic supplies list is available for new painters. Join the RAA for $10, then register for the class. Non-residents please call me for extra details 925 783 9000. Quality ingredients make all the difference. Reserve your easel spot soon. Early registration is recommended.

Nature Drawing Fundamentals _ with Afsaneh Michaels _ Jan 8- Feb 19 _ Wed_ 9:30-12:30 _Studio 1
2025-01-08 09:30 - 12:30, 2025-01-15 09:30 - 12:30 | Gateway Art Studio 1, 1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA, CA, 94595, United States
Nature Drawing Fundamentals
January 8- February 19 , 2025
Wednesdays 9:30-12:30
Studio 1
Nature drawing has a way of bringing your body and soul in synch with nature and helps you stay in the calm and quiet of the moment. Drawing concentrates your mind and helps you see the world in a new way. In nature drawing you can bring natural things into your home, on vacation, outdoors with friends, anywhere you wish with just a small sketchbook and some pencils.
We learn the fundamentals of drawing and visual thinking in a detailed and methodical way over several weeks with a lot practice and attention from the instructor. You will learn about form, shading, line weight, and composition and make lively, interesting and beautiful drawings. A wide range of materials and mediums are gradually introduced along with demonstrations.
In my classes we work together in a cohesive environment, without judgement where you get to see and appreciate a variety of art and inspire each other. You draw as beginners, intermediate students, and more experienced students all in one class, each group working on material appropriate to their group, overlaps are encouraged among the various levels.
Beginners learn the basics of form, line and value/shading and learn to draw branches, leaves, small flowers, fruits or vegetable, and an animal, bird or insect. At the end of class you’ll have at least one drawing with three or four components and probably more. Beginners come to the first class half an hour early to meet and greet and to get the beginner materials.
Intermediate students draw more complex scenery or a still life with natural elements in it, perhaps work on a series and learn to use color (optional) with colored pencils, pastels, or watercolor. This group produces several drawings, some in color and some in graphite or charcoal pencil.
More advanced students work with scale, perspective, tonal variation and more detail and color and scale. A recent group of students made a series from four different flowers.
We will use pencils, charcoal, colored pencils, pens, or pastels and to lesser extent watercolor ( always combined with pencils or pens). Great emphasis is on drawing real specimens and not necessarily working from photos. Small things are brought in to the studio or from your home as models.
Please come with your materials or at least a sketchbook and some pencils to the first class and learn about materials then.
Instructor: Afsaneh Michaels AfsanehAm@gmail.com
Dates: January 8- February 19, 2025
Wednesdays: 9:30- 12:30
Class Fee: $210.00 Members. $230.00 Non-members
Place: studio 1
Number of students: 18
Materials: Sketchbook: 93-120 Ibs. weight of your choice. Pencils: 6B, 5B, 4B, 3B, 2B, B, F, H, 2H, 4H. Set of charcoal pencils. Pink/white eraser. kneaded rubber eraser. Pencil sharpener. Gray scale. Blending stumps. Small ruler,
Set of colored pencils if you choose color (Prismacolor is ideal but other brands work too).

Beginning/Intermediate Watercolor Painting with Ron Pratt _ Jan 9th to Mar 13th _ Thursdays _9am to 1:30 pm_ Studio 1
2025-01-09 09:00 - 11:30 | Gateway Art Studio 1, 1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA, CA, 94595, United States
Beginning/Intermediate
Watercolor Painting
Winter 2025
Ronald Pratt

Rossmoor Activities Center, Painting Studio 1

In winter, a cozy studio with a warm drink and some mellow music playing in the background is the perfect setting for me to hunker down and get some serious painting done. The days are short and chilly so the allure of the outside pulling on me is minimal. There are few distractions to take my attention away. This is the creative season for me. I am my most productive and the creative muse seems to just pop out and take over!

If you are looking for a creative outlet at this time of year the Rossmoor Art Association is offering a watercolor painting class at the Activity Center on Thursday Mornings designed for you. Creative people like yourself will be enjoying a fun and relaxing atmosphere in the Rossmoor Studio discovering the extent of their creative talents. This class focuses on teaching people the fundamentals of watercolor painting and encourages everyone to explore their own creativity. Subject matter will include a snow scene, a musical theme, a tropical scene and a coastal scene.

This watercolor painting class will be at the Rossmoor Activities Center, Painting Studio 1 on Thursday Mornings from 9 am to 11:30 am. This 10 week class will run from Jan 9th to Mar 13th at a cost of $150. For Non-Rossmoor Residents the class fee is $170. Priority will be given to Rossmoor Residents. Suggested materials will be discussed at the first class.

To register go to the Rossmoor Art Association Website and click on classes on the header bar. Scroll down until you come to Beginning/Intermediate Watercolor Painting with Ron Pratt and follow the instructions to enroll. The class maximum is 20 students due to space limitations so get your registration in to reserve your seat in the class.

To see Ronald’s Watercolors go to www.ronaldpratt.com. Please direct questions to Ronald at ronpratt14@gmail.com or call him at (510) 366-7740. Further information on all RAA activities can be found at www.rossmoorart.com.

Intermediate/Advanced Watercolor Painting with Ron Pratt _ Jan 9th to Mar 13th _ Thursdays 12:30 to 3:00pm _ Studio 1
2025-01-09 12:30 - 15:00 | Gateway Art Studio 1, 1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA, CA, 94595, United States
Intermediate/Advanced
Watercolor Painting
Winter 2025
Ronald Pratt

Rossmoor Activities Center, Painting Studio 1

Winter is a great time to settle into a warm studio and let your creativity come flowing out. The weather is chilly, the days are short and a well-lit studio surrounded by fellow artists can be just what the doctor ordered to brighten your day and inspire your soul. So come join us and have some fun with watercolor painting.0

The Rossmoor Art Association is offering a class on Thursday Afternoons designed for motivated watercolor painters with some background in the medium. A creative, social atmosphere is a great way to stimulate your creative juices. This class focuses on teaching people the fundamentals of design and composition in watercolor painting and encourages people to explore their own creativity thru class projects. This is a fun class that encourages the freedom of expression while developing your design skills in a fun and relaxing environment.

This watercolor painting class will be at the Rossmoor Activities Center, Painting Studio 1 on Thursday Afternoons from 12:30pm to 3:00pm. This 10 week class will run from Jan 9th to Mar 13th at a cost of $150. For Non-Rossmoor Residents the class fee is $170. Priority will be given to Rossmoor Residents. Brings your art supplies to the first class.

To register go to the Rossmoor Art Association Website and click on classes on the header bar. Scroll down until you come to Intermediate/Advanced Watercolor Painting with Ron Pratt and follow the instructions to enroll. The class maximum is 20 students due to space limitations so get your registration in to reserve your seat in the class.

To see Ronald’s Watercolors go to www.ronaldpratt.com. Please direct questions to Ronald at ronpratt14@gmail.com or call him at (510) 366-7740. Further information on all RAA activities can be found at www.rossmoorart.com.

Acrylic Painting with Marcy Wheeler_ All Levels_ January 9- Feb 27 _Thursdays 2:30- 5:00 pm_ Studio 2
2025-01-09 14:30 - 17:00 | Gateway Art Studio 1, 1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA, CA, 94595, United States
Acrylic paints are amazing! Learn about the mediums that are essential to a rich and deep acrylic painting.
This is an 8 session class. The class is on Thursdays 2:30-5 pm. You can make up missed classes in the Friday morning class in studio 2 at 9:30 to noon. Just let me know.
You may be a beginner, intermediate or advanced artist.
Enroll in this class and if you like it, stay in the class. Group discussion is helpful, and your fellow painters grow to understand your process.
You may make up a missed class in my other class during the current class session.
Wheeler’s style is warm and friendly. She focuses on individual instruction, group discussion and occasional class demonstrations. Students learn the quick and creative qualities of acrylic paints and mediums and how to turn acrylic paints into a flexible and luscious way to paint.
Wheeler encourages students to try new tools, explore new ways of working and move toward their own style. She gives the encouragement needed to stay with a painting until it exceeds the class members highest expectations. And she helps some students learn how to stop when it is finished!

Beginning, and Continuing Color and Acrylics with Marcy Wheeler_ Fridays _ January 10 _ February 28_ 9:30 to 12:00 noon_ Studio 2
2025-01-10 09:30 - 12:00 | Gateway Art Studio 1, 1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA, CA, 94595, United States
Beginning with Color and Acrylics with Marcy Wheeler
New Year Session

Fridays 9:30-Noon. Studio 2
January 10 to February 28
8 classes $160 Members__ $180 Non-members
Acrylic paints are amazing! Learn about the paint and mediums that are essential to a rich and deep acrylic painting.
Acrylics are wonderful and flexible. It washes up with water, but when it dries, it is a water proof polymer, so wear “painting clothes”.
There are 8 session in this class. Any Student may make up a missed Friday class in Marcy’s Thursday afternoon class (2:30- 5) in Studio 2. This should be done during the weeks of the class dates. Just let me know.
Beginners: This eight-week session of Marcy Wheeler’s Friday Morning Class is focused on showing beginners how to mix colors and play with acrylic paints. The beginners will work in the heart of the class together and will be greeted with fun projects to teach them the ins and outs of color and acrylic paints. Beginner’s Material Fee is $60. Paid by check or cash to Marcy Wheeler on 1st class meeting. You get to keep the high quality paints (5 tubes) and several new and used brushes. If you want to buy your own paints, please do! The list is in the blue section under the heading: Material List. Bring some canvas or heavy paper to paint on, and a palette. Let Marcy know you are wanting to purchase her beginning paint package by emailing her at Marcy@marcywheeler.com.
Ongoing Students, advanced beginners , intermediate advanced, continue on their road as “not quite” beginners, intermediate, and advanced painters, and will be cheering beginners on! Learning continues with individual guidance from Marcy, as usual. We often share our work at the end of the class and learn more about our own work from the other class members. If you are an ongoing student, you are in charge of your own material purchases.

Fruit Flowers Flora and Food (Oil/Acrylic) _Carol Tarzier_Fridays _12:30 - 4:30 _ Friday_ Jan 10th - March 14th
2025-01-10 12:30 | Gateway Art Studio 1, 1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA, CA, 94595, United States
“Fruit Flowers Flora and Food”
Still Life in Oils with Carol Tarzier
Fridays 12:30 – 4:30 in Studio One
10 Weeks starting Friday Jan 10th – March 14th
Carol Tarzier
Oil Painting Tools & Supplies
Supplies are suggested. If you cannot get supplies for the first class, bring in the closest match you have. If you want to use alternate supplies, it’s OK!
Turpenoid Natural or brush cleaner in Silicoil brush washing container.
Gamsol odorless thinner in small container for medium
Medium – M. Graham walnut alkyd medium or M. Graham Walnut Oil
Oil paint colors. Here is a suggested palette. I use M. Graham paint which is made with walnut oil thus less toxic, and is excellent and inexpensive. M. Graham is available online at Blick or Amazon.
Cool red – Alizarin crimson or Cad Red Deep or Anthraquinone Red or Maroon Perylene
Warm red – Cadmium Red Light or Cad Red Medium or Azo Coral
Cool yellow – Cadmium yellow light
Warm or medium yellow – Cadmium Yellow Medium
Transparent yellow – Indian Yellow
Violet or red leaning blue – Ultramarine blue or Anthraquinone Blue
Warm or medium blue – Cerulean blue, Manganese, Thalo Blue Red Shade
Titanium white
Canvases or canvas-coated panels. Internet suppliers – Source-Tek or Raymar or Centurion panels, any size from 6”x6” to 11”x14’ or canvases from Michaels or Blick
Brushes – I order from Rosemary & Co, UK,
Rosemary & Co has a large assortment, this is a suggested list.
Ivory series Long Flats #4, 8, 14, Daggers 3/8”, ½”, and ivory fans
Or Shiraz or Evergreen series long flats #4, 8, 12, daggers 3/8”, ½”, two shiraz fans
Sable angle brushes or sable long flats
Bristle brushes – long filberts or Egberts
If you are buying local – two long flats one smaller one at least 1” wide, and a couple of filberts. Watercolor brushes work well for oil painting.
Paper or glass or plastic palette.
Your plein air easel or Pochade box easel if you prefer your own. The studio has table easels.
Color wheel
Hand mirror
Sketch pad – any size from 5” by 7” on up
Charcoal pencil or graphite pencil
Roll of paper towels, soft (Viva or blue auto paper towels from Costco)
Isopropyl alcohol for cleaning the palette and brush handles
Viewfinder – I use The Color Wheel Company 7002 View Catcher from Amazon.
Reading List
Daily Painting, Carol Marine

Figure Lab with Posed Model_ Monitor only, No Teacher _ Wednesdays _ 1 pm - 4 pm _ January 15_ March 12 Studio 2
2025-01-15 13:00 - 16:00 | Gateway Art Studio 1, 1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA, CA, 94595, United States
